Full Description
This is an account of the experiences of Royal Australian Navy ships and personnel in the postwar conflicts in Southeast Asia between 1955 and 1972. The navy was involved in conflicts such as the Far East Strategic Reserve, the Malayan emergency, confrontation with Indonesia and the Vietnam War. This activity came at a time when the RAN faced significant structural problems of underfunding and obsolescenec. The volume is the seventh in the series "The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975".
Contents
Introduction 1. The RAN in the Postwar Era: A Context 2. The RAN, the Strategic Reserve and the Malayan EmergencyThe Strategic ReserveThe RAN and the 'secondary role'Advice and support: fostering the Royal Malayan Navy 3. The RAN, Confrontation and the Defence of MalaysiaThe TNI-AL and the naval threatStrategic plans and the commitment of Australian forcesHMS Victorious and the innocent passage of disputed territorial watersRAN surface operations during Confrontation 4. The Navy and Vietnam: Policy and DirectionSailors as diplomatsGetting inA role for the Fleet Air ArmGetting out 5. HMAS Sydney and the logistic support of the forcesCivilian shipping and Army small ships 6. With the 7th fleetI The TasksII HMAS Hobart: 1st Deployment, March-September 1967III HMAS Perth: September 1967-April 1968IV HMAS Hobart: Marc
